Nut mounted upon sheet metal



y 1930. H. s. RENNE'R a 1,757,143

NUT MOUNTED UP ON sums-1' um,

Fil'ed Oct. 14, 192'? auomtoz AlaraZa? 6r. leaner ath znuf Patented May 6, 1930. e 1 V m1. e. mama, or nnrnorr 4 nurmotmr l ron mm- Applicatlon'flled ctober14, 1927. mane. 'i

This invention relatesto nuts and particularly to nuts mounted upon sheet metal.

It is an object of the invention to firmly and permanently secure a nut upon a metal sheet 'ng up a pair of tongues from said eet, placing said nut between said tongues, and bendin said tongues to bear downwardlyuponsai nut.- W n More specifically it is an object of the invention to form notches in opposite edgeseof a nut to engage in said notches a pair of spaced tongues struck up from a metal sheet, and to bend said tonguesintoretaining en gagenment with the top face of said nut.

, other object is to adapt a nut of the above described character to be formed'in quantities from standard bar stock.

A further objectis to form a nut from bar stock having oppositely! bevelled ed es, thus facilitating the notchmg of said e ges for engagement by elements securing said nut to a metal sheet.

These and various other ob'ects the invention attains by the constructlon hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein p Figure 1 1s a plan view'of a nut secured to a metal sheet in accordance with this invention. I

Figure 2 is a view of the same in side elevation and partial section.

Figure 3 is a sectional view 'taken upon the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a. view of the construction in end elevation and partial section.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken upon the line 55 of Figure 1.

In these views the reference character 1 designates a sheet metal member in which a rectangular opening 2 is formed by striking up from said member a pair of similar rectangular tongues?) which are initially fully transverse to the member 1. It is a function of the tongues 3 to secure to the member 1 a nut 4 which is preferably. of an elongated rectangular form and which has its opposite edges notched as indicated at 5 to receivethe tongues 3. In securing said nut upon the member lithe nut is first placed against said member covering the aperture 2 [and change within the subjoined claims.

with the ton'gu I indicated .in d linesf -iifliigu tongues '3 are bent (W er'up ii the iit prevent any withdrawal "t metal sheet The natureof 'the tool,

the-6 @8211! .PY atria a e-St le overturnthe'end p'o' 6' be readily a pa ent to these fanifli thisar'tm y; iaveeea a wha various operations be; performed qm' ly and economically in an press, and .fthat the "di operations are com e nsive.

e rectangular form of the nutf4 dapts it to beinexpensively cut. from bar'stocli. Preferably" the nutsarefoi'med from bars having transversely bowed top faces whereby the o posite edges of the nuts are bevelled, thus acilitating forming "of the notches 5 by a punching operation. That is to say, the

weary er; a d" lv'simpl and formation of the nuts with opposite beveled edges reduces the'thicknessof material which must be punched out to form said notches. The screw-threaded opening f the nut may be punched out and tapped in any desired sequence to punching outof the notches 4 and cutting off the nut from the bar stock.

' The'described construction serves in a very simple manner to quite firmly secure a nut upon one'fac'e of a sheet of metal and leaves -the other face of said'sheet entirely unob-' structed for engagement by any part which it is desired to bolt to said .nut.

While it will be apparent that the 111115- trated embodiments of my invention herein disclosed are well calculated to adequately fulfil the objects and advantages primarily stated, it is to be understood that the inven tion is susceptible to variation, modification spirit and scope of the thereof, of a sheet metal member seating said nut; and having a pair of tongues struck up therefrom and engaging insaid notches, said notches, the outer face of said nut being bev-' tongues being terminally bent down upon the outer face 0 said nut tohold the nut in a definite position upon said member.

2. The combination with a nut having a pair of notches formed in opposite sides thereof, of a sheet metal member having an opening and seating said nut marginally of said opening, and having a pair of tongues struck out of said opening integrally with opposite edges thereofengaging in said 'eled from its central portion toward its metal member struck out of'said openin notched edges to lar elyreduce the thickness of the nut at said edges, said tongues being terminally bent down upon the beveled face of said nut, holding the nut from rotation and in a definite position upon said member.-

3. The combination with a nut having notched. opposite edges, and having one of its end faces substantially flat and the other beveled from its center portion to the notched edges of the nut largely reducing the thickness of the nut at said edges, of a sheet metal member havin flat face of sai nut marginally of said opening, and a pair of tongues upon said sheet 9 positlonengaging in said notches, definiteliy positively ing the nut upon said member, an restraining it against rotation.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

HAROLD G; RENNER.

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